Corset-busk.



No. 618,7!3. Patented July I6, 90l. V. BOVY.

CURSET BUSK.

(Application lcd Mar. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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VICTOR BOVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORSETHBUSK.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,713, dated July 16, 1901.

Application iledllliarch 2l, 1901. Serial No. 52,139. (No model.)

To if/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, VICTOR BOVY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Eusks, of which the following is a speciiieation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in corset-busks, and more particularly to busks made of two parts joined or hinged together; and the object of my invention is to provide a busk which when employed in a side of a corset will permit the wearer to easily bend sidewise and also leave sufficient play for forward and backward bending of the body.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front view of my corset-busk; Fig. 2, a side elevation of Fig. l.

The two parts A and B of a busk are respectively made of such length that the flexible joint of a busk will rest overa hip at the waist of a person wearing a corset, and this joint is formed of links of a flat-link chain, preferably two links d and o of uneven length, as shown in the drawings. These links a and l) are connected with each other by two concentric rivets r r, while the free end of links a and ZJ is connected with one part of A or B of the busk, respectively, by means of the rivets m and n and stirrups c c. The two members of the longer link Z9 preferably are provided with slots s s, in which the pin n, and with it part B, is free to slide upward and downward or allow a limited oscillating motion of part B sidewise, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

A metal shield el, riveted to the inner side of the lower part A of a busk, protects the bearer against the pressure of the chain-links.

Care is taken that no part of the joint a 'b projects sidewise beyond Jthe width of th spring parts A B.

Two of the busks just described are attached to orI slid into the receptacles pro vided, one at each side of a corset, reaching from a hip to an armpit.

The lower part A of a busk being firmly secured in a corset, the upper portion lBis thus left free to swingin a plane standing at right angles to the axles of the rivets r r, connecting the chain-links, but also slightly in the plane of the rivet-axles themselves, owing to the oval slots s s in the chain-links b b,which complete a universal joint at this point, the chain=links in addition allowing a limited reduction in length of a busk when a personis bending sidewise, yet returning to their normal length as soon as she straightens out. A corset provided at its sides with these busks will therefore leave a bearer great freedom in side, forward, and backward bending.

l am aware that prior to my invention corI set-busks have been made of two parts con# nected byhinges, and therefore do not claim this combination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and den sire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

The combination of part A of a busk, hav-v1 ing a stirrup c engaging a chain-link o, and having secured to its upper and inner end a shield CZ with a part B having a stirrup c', chain-link b having slot s, rivets m fn' and fr', as and for the purposes herein shown and de scribed.

In testimony whereof l allir; my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR BOVY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SCHMEIZER, ADOLPH LIENHARDT. 

